Father in Italy suspected of killing 2-yr-old son

22nd May 2019

epa07591531 The mortuary van carrying the body of the two-year-old child drives to the mortuary in Milan, 22 May 22 2019. Police are trying to track down the father of a two-year-old boy who was found dead in an apartment in a suburb on the west of Milan, sources said on 22 May. The father, a 25-year-old Italian, called the emergency services but when they arrived he was no longer in the apartment. Paramedics were unable to do anything for the boy, whose body showed clear signs of violence, the sources said. The child's mother, a 23-year-old Croatian, was at home when the police arrived. EPA-EFE/MATTEO BAZZI

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Italian Police arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of killing his two-year-old son in a Milan apartment.

Aljich Rhustic, 25, was born in Florence and has Croatian roots, is thought to have called the emergency services but, when they arrived, he was no longer in the apartment.

Emergency services who arrived at the place were unable to do anything to save the boy, whose body showed clear signs of violence. The child’s mother, a 23-year-old Croatian, was at home when the police arrived.